PLANTS Profile for Phoradendron californicum (mesquite mistletoe)

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PLANTS Profile

Phoradendron californicum Nutt.
mesquite mistletoe

Symbol:

PHCA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Viscaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Phoradendron californicum Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Phoradendron californicum Nutt.

	PHCAD	Phoradendron californicum Nutt. var. distans Trel.
	PHCAL	Phoradendron californicum Nutt. var. leucocarpum (Trel.) Jeps.

Distribution:
Phoradendron californicum Nutt.


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Phoradendron californicum Nutt.

View 5 genera in Viscaceae, 24 species in Phoradendron

Classification:
Phoradendron californicum Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Santalales
Family	Viscaceae – Christmas Mistletoe family
Genus	Phoradendron Nutt. – mistletoe
Species	Phoradendron californicum Nutt. – mesquite mistletoe

More Accounts and Images:
Phoradendron californicum Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27862.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 02:42 AM CDT